Stand strong in Bloombergville. From Walkerville to Bloombergville we will start today to build new communities in America where the people, not the corporations govern. Continue to love one another, stay together. We here in Wisconsin stand with you in Solidarity and in Love. Power to the People. The people united will never be defeated.

From Walkerville to Bloombergville, the demands of justice by the people will be seen, heard, and tasted. With so many foreign countries calling for freedom and democracy, how can America and Americans turn a deaf﻿ ear to the pleas of their citizens to that which is suppose to be native to our country. Are we bringing third world conditions to our country and exporting democracy outside our﻿ country. What a strange twist. Our jobs and now our democracy.

We however, will not be moved, we will fight. No matter how high the﻿ mountain that we must climb, we will climb it. We will climb it because all of our﻿ senses tell us it is right. We will climb mountains and tackle the opponents of democracy because we love the people of our country and the world .

In Solidarity
Gilbert Johnson
President, AFSCME Local 82
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

Upcoming Events

All three major political parties govern in the name of the 1-2% of Americans who have received pretty much all the proceeds of economic growth, who are the only people completely recovered from the 2008 recession, who control the political system, and who control almost all financial wealth.

FOUR HUNDRED AMERICANS have more wealth than HALF of ALL Americans combined!

One cruise missile could pay 10 teacher’s salaries for a year!

Two-thirds of all American companies pay absolutely ZERO taxes!

More African American men are in prison, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850, before the Civil War began!

The word “corporation” doesn’t exist anywhere in our Constitution!

What’s wrong with this picture?

WE NEED JOBS, HEALTH CARE & EDUCATION! NOT CONTINUED BUDGET CUTS, PRISONS AND WAR

We, the other 98%, don’t feel represented by any of our elected politicans, and therefore, we call for an:

OPEN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Tompkins Square Park
7th St. & Ave A - Meet in center of park

Join NYPIRG, Greenpeace, and other groups for a rally in Manhattan to shut down the Indian Point nuclear reactors now and replace them with clean, safe, renewable energy. There will be music, speakers, and more. Stand up, speak out, and get involved!

Thursday, August 11th
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
47th St. between First and Second Avenues

On May 19th, the anniversary of the birth of Malcolm X, the December 12th Movement made a call to the community to come out in defense of Africa and Africans. We proposed a major demonstration in Harlem on August 13th to protest and denounce the Re-colonization of Africa and the escalating attack on Africa and the African Diaspora. In particular, we called on those present to join in the demand to: Stop the Bombing of Libya and To End the Sanctions Against Zimbabwe and NYC Mayor Bloomberg’s destruction of Black housing, education and healthcare.

Community Church of New York (Gallery Room)
28 E. 35 St. between Park and Madison Ave.

David Cobbm, 2004 Green Party presidential candidate and Move to Amend spokesperson, will be speaking about the movement to amend the U. S. Constitution to eliminate corporate personhood.

The talk will enlighten those who attend on the history of corporate personhood and the impact it has on our rights as "we, the people." A discussion will follow.

The forum will focus on how you can join the national movement against Corporate Personhood. Information will be provided about the issue and facilitate a discussion about local action in your area and in communities across the United States to win the amendment campaign through grassroots mobilization.

Hosted by Action for Justice of Community Church, Big Apple Coffee Party, Peace and Justice Task Force of All Souls Church, Resistance Cinema

Space is limited. Please rsvp to Lawrene at lawreneg@hotmail.com or call 212-252-2619. Doors open at 6:30pm. This event is free and open to the public.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 2 - 4:30-7pm
GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON WALL STREET
Meet at Bull at 4:30pm
Just South Of Broadway And Morris Street, At The North End Of Bowling Green Park
TRAINS: 4,5 Bowling Green, R,W Whitehall, 2,3 Wall Street, J,Z Broad Street, 1,9 South Ferry

A BIG BOOGY-DOWN PARTY!!! - Celebrate our victories, raise remaining funds for the Bloombergville 13
- Food, drink, live music, and hot DJs...
- Special Honorees: Our Fearless & Fabulous Legal Team from the Solidarity Center and the National Lawyers Guild, and Picture the Homeless were key in making this event a success!
- Special Guests from TWU Local 100, SEIU Districts 1199 & 32BJ, PSC/AFT, DC37

Bloombergville - Reflection & Evaluation: How we did it, Where we are, where we want to go ; Next Steps: Practical proposals to build the movement against austerity

TUESDAY, JUNE 28

PROTEST BUDGET CUTS - Outside City Council Budget Vote
Assemble at 7 PM at Bloombergville
Watch for Change of Date if City Council Reschedules
June 28 is the date currently scheduled for the City Council to vote on the budget. Let’s make our voices heard at this important event! Meet at Bloombergville at 7 p.m., march to Emigrant Savings Bank Building (49 Chambers St.) at 7:30 p.m. In the event of an earlier budget vote, we will move the protest to that date. Check bloombergvillenow.org for updates on the date or email bloombergville@gmail.com to receive email updates. Join us and stand up for the people of New York!

MONDAY, JUNE 27

4:30 PM: Anti-War/Anti-Cuts Rally at Bloombergville

Protest the US/NATO war on Libya and demand an end to the wars and occupations and funding social services instead of warfare

No to $trillions for war, & destruction of jobs & services!

Join the United National Antiwar Committee (UNAC) at an
Emergency Protest

From City Hall (Broadway & Park Place) to Wall Street & Back.
No to the US/NATO War on Libya!

Stop Funding War – Start Funding Jobs & People’s Needs!

5-7 PM: Protest Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker! Walker is in town to raise money for the RNC and DC 37 has called a demonstration against him at the Sherry Netherlands Hotel, 781 Fifth Ave @ 59th St

SUNDAY, JUNE 26

6 PM: Barbara Bowen, president of PSC-CUNY, comes to speak at Bloombergville

SATURDAY, JUNE 25

Noon: Subway Outreach to Harlem

1 PM: Rally Against Fracking at Foley Square

3 PM: Rally Against Budget Cuts at Bloombergville

4 PM: PARTY: KIDS DAY! Calling all teachers, parents, children and lovers of good old fashion fun. Games, face painting, races and food.

6 PM: Mimi Abramovitz from CUNY grad center. Followed by PARTY WITH PURPOSE

6 PM: Teach-In on the History of Social Movements and the Prospects for Resistance Today
by Frances Fox Piven, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at CUNY Graduate Center and author of Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail

Noon: Bloombergville will hold “Express Yourself on Us” at Union Square, in which passersby are invited to express their views of Mayor Bloomberg by writing them on the clothing of the performers.

1:15 PM:Bloombergville residents will join a rally at 60 Centre Street (Foley Square) sponsored by Parents Unite to support the UFT and NAACP’s lawsuit against the closing of dozens of public schools

3 PM: Bloombergville will participate in a press conference on the steps of City Hall to promote the alternative budget drafted by the Beyond May 12 coalition

6 PM: One-Week "Birthday Party" for Bloombergville

We'll celebrate the one-week "birthday" of Bloombergville with a cake and Greek pastries and spinach pie in honor of the Greek workers and students' current fight against austerity. Held at Bloombergville (Broadway between Park Place and Barclay Street)

8 PM: General Assembly

9 PM: (or immediately after the General Assembly if it goes longer) - Musical performances at Bloombergville